FOR BIG
TOURNEY
BOM
Visitors Here Expected to
Number 2CO Before Tonight.
Vancouver to Be Late.
OFFICIAL RULES SENT OUT
Forty-Fire Double and SO Single En
tries Received and Many More
. Are Expected Bcnqnet to Be
Tendered Guests Saturday.
More than 150 visiting bowlers arc
now in the city, and before night prob
ably ZOO will be Portland's guests
awaiting: the opening' of the Northwest
Bowling- Congress. This starts to mor
row at the Oregon alleys, and will last
the entire week.
The only delegation which has not
put in an appearance is that from Van
couver. B. C. but a letter from Barney
Goss, president of tho congress, says
that the Vancouver bowlers Trill arrive
Thursday morning-.
Portland bowler3. e.ccord!r.ly, have
mado this "Canada day." The teams
from Vancouver. Calgary and other
cross-the-Iine points will do their bowling-
on Thursday.
The Oregon alleys were placed in the
hands of the carpenters and decorators
all week. Portland is able to stage the
tournament on one of the best sets on
me i-acmc coast.
The alleys are upstairs, but the ven
tilation and other features not accord
ed other such places atone for the
climb of two flights.
Rules Are IshiifiI.
Staging- the tournament, making- the
schedules and arranging other detail is
no small task. Secretary Ball, accord
ingly, has issued a set of instructions.
They are:
"it will contribute greatly to the suc
cess of the tournament if the captain
of each team will make it a special
point to see that all his men are on
hand and ready to bowl at the hour
scheduled.
"The schedule published by the sec
retary designates the alley upon which
each team starts to roll its first game.
For the second and third frames each
team moves to the pair of alleys to the
right. Teams starting on the odd
numbered alleys in the first game be
gin their second and third games on
the odd-numbered alleys, and teams
starting on. the even-numbered alleys
begin their second and third game on
me even-numbered alleys. Teams roll-
in
meir tirst game on alleys 4 and 5
wil
roll their second game on allrva
8 and 9, and their third game on alleys
6 and 7. This same system will apply
uuuuies antr singles. The team
captains can avoid any confusion by
remembering this, and by getting their
teams shifted promptly to the right
pair of alleys after each game.
"Shortly before the scheduled hour to
bowl a scorekeeper designated by the
secretary will report at each alley. The
captain of each team will promptly fur
nish hiB scorekeeper with the names of
the members of his team in their bowl
ing order, and be ready to begin bowl
ing at the word of the official starter
At the end of the third game the cap
tain should be sure to sign the score
sheet, and after the scorekeeper has
signed same he will deliver to the cap
tain the duplicate copy 'of the score,
the scorekeeper returning the book,
with the original score sheet intact
therein direct to the secretary.
Promptness I Urged.
"It will also be greatly appreciated if
the captains will see that the members
of their teams who roil in the doubles
and singles are acquainted with thelr
scheduled hour for rolling such doubles
and singles, and the alleys upon which
they start rolling, and urge them to be
promptly on hand ready to bowl a few
minutes before the scheduled time for
beginning each event.
"Owing to the many entries asking
for late dates, the schedule. rrtl,-i,l.-i.,
for
mo miier pari ot tne weehr 1.
crowned, and promptness on the part of
all the bowlers is essential for its be
ins successfully carried out."
1 ne banquet to visiting bowlers will
STAGE SET
. A. BRADY TELLS OF 13-YEAR
(Copyright. 1914, by William A. Brady.)
CHAPTER V
WHILK I was having the row"with
Frohnian in Minneapolis, Dion
Boucicault advertised an auc
tion sale of his plays at the Madison
Square Theater, New York. I came on
to attend that sale, determined if pos
sible to buy the play "After Dark,"
which I'd been playing on lease in the
West. I jumped in, began bidding, and
landed the play for J1S00. But with
ti e play I also landed a. lawsuit with
Augustin Daly which cost us $50,000
apiece in legal fees before we -got
through with it. lasted '13 years, went
from the lowest to the highest Federal
court, and twice reached the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The story of this case will fill a vol
ume. Daly finally got judgment for
J37.600, of which he could collect only
J13.000, for. during the course of litiga
tion, part of the claim had become out
lawed. In a word, the case was as fol
lows: In 1SSS Daly produced a play
called "Under the Gas Light," in which
was a sensational railroad scene which
had never before been done in New
York.
Two years later, Dion Boucicault put
on a play called "After Dark," which
contained a colorable imitation of
Daly's railroad scene: Daly got after
Boucicault on the ground of the simi
larity of the two railroad scenes and
Judge Blatchford rendered a decision
in favor of the plaintiff. That was in
1SS7. So. when I produced "After Dark"
at the People's Theater on the Bowery,
abtut 1S30. Mr. Daly served me with a
temporary in junction.
1 had little faith in lawyers, and hav
insr h theory that the papers had been
illegally served on me wl:en the hear
ing (or the permanent injunction was
culled I ha3 the effrontery to walk into
court with the papers and start to ar
gue my own ease. But the judge cut
m short.
Brady Shown Nerve at 2-1.
"Where's your lawyer?" he de
manded, frowning down upon me.
"I don't want any," said I with su
preme effrontery I was only 23, re
member. "You must pet one." said the judg".
1 turned around and saw standing
risrht back of me Ex-Judge Dittenhoef
er. who had been pointed out to me as
a famous theatrical lawyer.
"Are you .Judge Dittenhoefer?" I
arked.
"Yes." said he
I shoved tne papers Into his hand.
"Will ycu take this case?"
Tnis w
at nicn the questions of the year will
be fully discussed.
The teams from Portland and other
Northwest cities follow: Zubeldas.
Portland: M. L. Kline. Portland; J. K.
e!Iy. Portland; Multnomah Hotel.
Portland: Gerald's Cafe,- Seattle: Ore
ton Alleys. No. 1; Clarke-Clyde Hotel,
Benson Hotel. No. 1; Benson Hotei. No.
2; Imperial Hotel. Oregon Allevs, Xo. 2:
Leighton's Dairy Lunoh, Western Soda
Uorks. Ore-Ton Alleys. No. 3; Seattle
Athletic Club. Seattle: Rstes Bar. Port
land: Joe Oldson. Portland: CentnUia
Centralia; Portland Hallway, Light &
Power Company; Hop Oolils. Portland.
Chalmers .Motor Car. Portland: Inland
Market. Spokane: Imperial Alleys. Seat
tle: Meves; Kestaurnnt. Portland"; Let er
Buck, Pendleton: Oren.cn Alleys. No. 4:
Bolcom dumber Co-r.pan;-, Seattle: 400
Flour, Lewistoii: Pork in. Hotel. No. 1;
Perkins Hotel. No. 2: Uuinicr Beer,
Portland: Brunswick. Balke Collender
Company, and Vancouver (Ellsworth,
captain), Vancouver. B. C. Four more
Vancouver teams will be here
Wednesday.
on
CracSi Team I'omlnE.
Marsh Hodje Till have one team,
cracked up to be the championship five
of the tournament. It won the title at
last yeat's meet in Vancouver. Bar.nev
liOFs. president of the Northwest Asso
ciation, will also have a team.
Al Hajrer will be captain of one of
the other teams. He was president of
the Vancouver tournament last year.
The name of the captain of the other
team has not been received.
.Forty-five double entries have been
received todate. More will be listed
when the bosvlers get here.
The singles are the most prolific.
Eighty single fees have been paid so far
to Secretary Hall. Dee 1'arrar, of La
Grande, will be here with a good team.
JIM COFFEY HITS HARD
HEAVYWEIGHT "HOPE" GIVES JOHN
LESTER JOHNSON REAL WALLOP.
Celt Fla-nter Thinks He Would lake to
Meet "Gunboat" and Wlllard Be
fore Taking on Wells.
Billy Gibson, who is looking after the
affairs of Jhn Coffey, is having his
troubles these days keeping Jim Cof
fey in line. Not that the latter is a
contract jumper, but the Celt is all
worked up over the home rule trouble
and is anxious to go to Ireland and
shoulder a musket and fight for the
cause; whatever it is. He was all pre
pared to sail 'tomorrow when friends
intervened and told him it wasn't time
yet to get into the fray.
Jim Coffey showed yesterday in his
training session at the New Polo A. A.
why he is entitled to a match with the
best heavies of the world. And inci
dentally the Dublin giant is the hard
est worker while training of any man
In the business.
A delegation of notables was on
hand to see how much Coffey is im
proved. He persuaded John Lester
Johnson, a noted black heavy, to put
on the gloves. There isn't much love
between this pair and Johnson started
in to show up the Celt. For two rounds
Coffey battered the negro all over the
ring they boxed in the regulation
squared circle. In the third Coffey
hooked a short right to the chin and
the colored man dropped for a count of
about five. Lester will not want to box
Coffey again. He said he has never
been hit ao hard.
Coffey is in perfect condition. Just
at present he weighs about 1H2 pounds
and there isn't an ounce of superfluous
flesh. He has tried to adopt Lang
ford's style of offense, by sending in
those short uppercuts when in close. It
is this blow that wins most of Lang
ford's battles.
Coffey, speaks enthusiastically about
his coming visit to England.
"I know I can whip Wello In quick
time." he said, "but before going away
I would like to tackle Wlllard and Gun
boat Smith. I am faster than either of
these men and can beat them. I showed
by my battles vith Morris, Pelky. Lev
insky and Flynn that I am as near the
king white hope as any of them."
American Golfers Win. -NEW
YORK, April 4. Jerome Trav
ers and Fred Herreshoff twice defeated
John Ball yesterday, who several times
won the British amateur golf cham
pionship, and Captain Nlcolls at Hoy
lake in a four-ball foursome match, dis
patches from London said. The Amer
ican won in the morning by one hole
ana in tne afternoon by two to one.
Picturesque Theatrical
"I will represent yeu at this hear- i
lng" j
"How much?" said L- !
"Two hundred and f lftv dollars." said 1
he.
I handed him a check and he went to '
the front, got an adjournment, and one
week later sprung a technicality on i
the court Judge Wallace which unset 1
Judge Blatcrford's decision and led to !
13 years' litigation. It was the aim-!
plest thing on earth. On the title Pgei
of "Under the Gas Light'' was printed 1
to see Frohmatt ' LjSr "
... "Mr. Brady" 'ZZs '
said he. "You've Z.
crot me in a hax." " -" I :
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND.
high weestlers
SCHOOL MEET IS SET
Jefferson and Lincoln Mat Men
to Contest Wednesday.
AFFAIR FIRST IN LEAGUE
Student Wrestlers in Best of Condi
tion and Kiiger for Event Post
poned Several Times in
Last Three Months.
With both teams in best of condition,
the first wrestling; meet ever held
among the Portland Interscholastlc
League athletes will take place in the
gymnasium of the Lincoln High School
next Wednesday afternoon between the
Jefferson High School and the Lincoln
Hlsh SchoOL The wrestlers have been
waiting for the event for three months
and the meet has had to be postponed
several ttmes.
Coach Leon Fabre. of the West
Siders. has been unable to make his
selections In several of the weights
and final tryouts will be made tomor
row afternoon. Captain Clarke Is not
sure of his berth at the 135-pound
weight and he will have to beat Mc
Tanahan to cinch it.
Elvin Condit, the all-star football
guard of last season, will represent
Lincoln in the 158-pound affair and
Stanley Howard, manager of the team
and center on tha 191J football squad.
win tune care or tne neavvwelfrht
i
::iyn f ' "Tjrr j ph ! t i l
K t 'Y'M y ''fl Vlt:'' V ' "
and Sporting Character Also Recounts Development of
"Under the Gas Light, a Story or Love
and Life in New York." That was the
published book.
But in the printed copy that had been
, I . - . .
' LufiMfiin inc line page renn
"Under the Gas Light, a Panorama" of
... -....!, i .iiiiiiiri . a ne aiiiercnre
In the subtitle on the books whl-h
were being sold to the public and the
irhii.iriri til t a B 111 II g IO II XUT-
nihed Judge Wallace with grounds for
i..r vupjnia 10 oe invaiia. as
I said, this cost me a lot of money
and kept, me in the papers almost con
tinuously for 13 years, biit it estab
lished mo In New York as a man who
WRa Tft t " ha m n n V .- . i . W
. " - " a icu aiinneapoiia 10 g9 10
New York for the Boucicault sale, Mac
W 1 . . .. .
who will make their
FIRST
COLN HIGH MAT MEN NEXT WEDNESDAY.
division. Peterson in all probability
will be seen representing the Lincoln
aggregation in the US-pound match,
but tie 110-pound wrestler has not
bt-en chosen. Lakefish, Buckner. Geller,
Metzger and Hutchinson are trying out
for positions.
Dr. Karl Rinehart. coach of Jefferson
High School, has one of the best mat
artists among local amateur circles in
Hanson at the 158-pound contest. Hun.
son is so confident of winning that
he has agreed to take on both the 158
pound and heavyweight representatives
of the Lincoln High School, there being
no on available at the Kast Side in
stitution to handle the heavyweight.
Mose Sax and Wilcox, both members
of the 1913 football team, will be seen
in action in the 125-pound and 135--
pounds meets respectively. Wilcox is
considered to have one of the best
developed builds In the Kast Side
wrestling squad.
The other weighta will be taken care
of by Bird at 135-pounds. Cameur at
the same -weight and Feak who tips
the beam at 110-pounds. The first
event will be called promptly at 2:45
o'clock. The referee will be selected
at a meeting of Coach Fabre and Coach
Rinehart tomorrow.
The fnnda derived from the affair
will go toward staging a meet at which
every school of the Portland Inter
scholastic League will be represented.
The Hill Military Academv and Wash
ington High School have taken up the
work, but were unnble to enter a man
for the coming affair.
Dufur Defeats The Dallee.
DCFTJR. Or.. April 4. (Special.) The
Dufur High School baseball team de
feated the team from The Dalles Chris
tian Church here today, 14 to . Bat
teries for Dufur. Fargher and Moad;
The Dalles. Kgbert and Walthers.
TENNIS RACKETS RESTRUNG
Tou should have that tennis racket
restrunir when the weather is too moist
to use 11 outside. Bring It in at once.
noneyman Hardware Co. Adv.
Geechie waa still in a cell, pondering
me iioei laws of Minnesota. But in a
few days the court let him out on $10,-
000 ball to await the action of the
gra,nd Jury for criminal libel. Charles
Frohman put up the amount in cash.
Then Mac Geechie, on being released,
went to New York, but had a row with
Frohman and refused to go back and
stand trial, which put the manager in
the way ot losing 310.000. I had not
been In town more than two days when
1 received a polite letter from Mr. Froh
man asking me to call on him. He had
no theater, was occupying a little of
fice at Broadway and Thirtieth street,
and tlO.000 looked pretty big to him
just then.
While I waa turning: Frohmaii's let
ter over In my mind I met Mac Geechie
on the street and told him about it.
"Don't you go up there." said he. "I
had a row with him and I won't go
hack to Minneapolis. I'm going to make
him forfeit the ten thousand." Then,
after pondering a moment: "Why don't
you make him give you five thousand?"
Frohnaa Met far Kara Time.
$ turned, on my heel and ault Mac
Geechie and went up to see Frohman.
It wan the first time in my life I'd
ever met that gentleman. He didn't
waste any time In coming to the point.
"Mr Brady." said he. "you've got me
In a box. MacGeechie refuses to go back
and stand trial. If he doesn't I shall
lose my $10,000, which I can't afford to
do. I want you to compromise with
me. Wire your attorney In St. Paul to
cease his activity, and with some local
Influence that 1 can bring to bear I
can get the thing quashed."
"And what then?" said I. waiting
for the most interesting part of the
proposition.
"If you will do it you may rest as
sured that If I can do anything for
you in the future I will do it!"
"All right. Mr. Frohman." said I,
"that sroee:" We shook hands and 1
walked out of his orfice.
It was not that I was overawed by
Mr. Frohman'e personality or won by
his cordiality that I so quickly ac
quiesced In his proposal. Nor was it
sheer good nature. I was still pretty
sore about what' he'd sent MacGeechie
on to do to me In Minneapolis. But as
I said, I was something of a prophet.
I had watched Mr. Frohman and felt
that he was destined to do big things
in the theater world, and I now thought
it the part of wisdom to make a friend
of him.
Three years later T had a production
called "The New South." which was
booked with Mr. Frohman at the Colo
nial Theater in Bonfon. The play was
so successful in New York that 1
A PHIL 3. 1914.
APPEARATTCT Af.ATX-QT top t to
Photographs by Herbert McFtae.
CUE MEN TO MEET
Billiard Tourney Opens at Wal
dorf Parlors Tomorrow.
100 GAMES ON SCHEDULE
Thirty Kntrk-s Already I.iMed in
Four sections. Handicaps An
nounced and Programme Ar
ranged for nig Contest.
s BT KARL, R. GOODWIN.
One of the largest three-cushion
billiard tournaments ever attempted
among local amateur players will be
started tomorrow night by J. J. Parker,
proprietor of the Waldorf Billiard
Parlors- Thirty entries are in and
more than 100 games will be required
before the finals can be played.
The tournament is divided into four
sections with eight in the first division
and ' the same number In the second
section, and seven players in each of
the third and fourth lots.- The winner
of each division will be put In another
section and the four players wlil play
off the finals. Manager Parker hap
donated four prises and every player
to qualify for the final matches will
receive a suitable trophy. First prize
has not been selected as yet, but Mr.
Parker said it would be something
useful and valuable.
Thirty points will constitute a game
and three matches will be nlaved
FIGHT FOR 'AFTER DARK'
James J. Corbett as a Modern Fighting Wonder
' ? I V'i jw
I had the effrontery to walk into
court with the papers and Stan to
argue my own case.
wanted to keep It there a while long
est and I axked him to release me from
the Boston engagement- But he claimed
tiiat he was powerless to do so. as the
theater who undtj the management of
William Harris.
Not a great while later Mr. Frohman
produced in New York a Chinese play
called "The First Born," which had
been highly successful In San Francis
co. At the same time Holbrook Blinn
put on at Hammerstein's Olympic a
play called "The Cat and the Cherub."
This piece was by Chester Fernald and
was like the Frohman play In the res
pect that all the characters were Chi
nese. Frohman made arrangements to send
"The First Born" to London, and as
soon as I learned of this movement on
his part I secured the English rights
to "The Cat and the Cherub." Then
I got in touch with Mr. Blinn. acnt
him to England, and he secured a book
ing at the Prince of Wales Theater on
a guarantee of 1250 a week, which
dally, with two matches in the after
noon aDd one In the evening. Tha tirsl
matches will be tomorrow afternoon,
but aa yet it baa not oeam .definitely
decided who shnll ' break the ice."
But Ave entries out of the entire
list will p!y from scratch and the
handicaps range from three points to
12 points. In the preliminary contests,
however, but few handicap games will
; ie requirea as tne players have been
! placed in divisions in which they will
I. have more chance acnlnst each other.
I Many of Lhe well-known amateur
I Players will be seen In action and the
I matches will be op-n to the public.
The contest in the afternoon will start
! at :1S o'clock and the night session
will begin at about 8:SJ o'clock.
Following are the entries Mr. Parker
has placed In section one: XIaclure,
Sandrosky.-Marino. Anderson. Bentley.
all scratch men; Cary handicap 3,
Sweetland. 5. and Pax ton. C. Section
two. Gillespie. 6: Jacobowsky, ; Swin
ney. ; Thomas. C; McAllister. S: Slack
: Waite. 8. and Belland. 8. Section
three. "Iud" Clarke. Nolte. Stearns.
Jones. Sohns. Selglenian and Wagstan".
all with a handicap of 10. Division
four. Cohen and Ingles, both with a
handicap of IV; Smith. Thompson.
Rosenthal. Fleming and Barenstacher.
all with a handicap of 13.
The handicap Is listed according to
the scratch players. If a player weth
a handicap of live plays a player with
a handicap of three the name will be
a 7-tc-25 aftalr. Should two plavers
of the same handicap play each con
testant will have to play So. points.
The handicaps were made by Mr.
Parker before the tourney started so
as not to cause any misunderstanding
amone: the contestants after the finals
nai been arranged.
As it now stands
each player knows what his handion
Is should he be fortunate In being one
of the four players to nght It out for
nrst prixe.
OREGON KID WINS FINAL
l .VI) Kit BV XAMK Of VIS( 0M V
KIO. BROCK'S BOAT LEADS.
"Fre-Bulle mt Ckleaae Takes Ueeld
laar Heat ta I-KoI Class, 1.1-Kaot
Haaaltmss Im Florida.
ST. AUtSL-STINK. Fla.. April 4. The
Hydro-Bullet, owned ay Earl H. Dee
kin, of Chicago, today won the third
and deciding heat of the 2-foot class
lS-knot handicap at the Southern
championship boat races here. The
Hydro-liuliet also was winner of the
first and second trials run yesterday
and Thursday.
The final in the 20-foot class. 15-knct
event, was won by Wisconsin Kid.
formerly Oregon Kid. owned by S. F.
Brock, of Portland. Or.
CITY TKXXIs COURTS URGED
Mr. Brewster Suggests Plan in Con
Junction With Ball Diamonds.
Munclpal tennis courts may be es
tablished throughout the city and
operated by the park department for
the use of the public next Summer, if
a plan formulated by City Commis
sioner Brewster materializes. The
plan is being investigated by Lee
Thompson, acting playground director.
It is proposed to operate the tennis
courts in conjunction with the munici
pal ball parks to be established. The
city will procure leases on the ground,
will plow up. roll and prepare the
courts, supply the apparatus and keep
the grounds In good shape. The courts
will be open to all citizens.
IJAKiin SENIORS WIX I1EL.VV
Six-Man Team Takes Three-M.ile
Kvent in 14 Minotes.
BAKER, Or, April 4. (Special.)
Baker High School seniors today won
the three-mile six-man interclass re
lay race in the remarkable time of 14
minutes 7 seconds, a new record for
the annual race. The average time ol
1 minutes 21 1-1C seconds for six men
la regarded as wonderful for high
school athletes. The sophomores were
second, freshmen third and juniors
fourth.
The winning team was Glen Miles,
Clyde Bloom, Alan Wright, Lonnie
Voung. Clyde Ward and Robert Brown.
The race was for a silver Joving cup.
Genesee. Has Rail Team.
GENESKE, Idaho. April 4. (Spe
cials The city baseball team has been
organized here. Dr. J. O. Adams Wing
elected manager. He handled the team
successfully last year. The first game
111 ne piayeu nere (Sunday.
meant a profit to us of 80. And this
I did without a soul on this side know.
Jng anything about it. Then I quietly
sneaaea me cat and the Cherub"
company on board a boat five days
before Frohman proposed sailing with
his company, and when my people were
about half way across the ocean an
nounced that I was going to produce
the piece in London.
The news fell like a bomb in the
Frohman camp. Mr. Frohman Immedi
ately closed his company here and raced
across the ocen In order to beat me over
there. But with the five days' start I
had got I reached London, opened on a
Saturday night, and mode a big hit.
"The Cat and the Cherub" continued on
there for a year at a weeklv profit of
80.
Mr. Frohman opened the following
Monday. He had no guarantee. He had
both the theater end of it and the
play end of it, and "The First Born,"
although it was . far better play than
"The Cat and the Cherub," was a ghast
ly fizzle in London and closed at the
end of seven days, wiht a loea of more
than 30.000 expenses. "The Cat and
the Cherub." was played by Blx people,
whereas "The First Born" required 60.
Neither of the plays was attractive.
But I got a guarantee and my fares
were paid by tbe English people, while
my rival had to take all the risk him
self. I felt that in this I was even
with Mr. Frohman for not helping me
out on the Boston matter of "The New
South." The. matter did me no harm,
I assure you. in the business world.
To revert to the main line of the
story after my digression into my Daly
lawsuit and my "misunderstanding"
with Frohman. After acquiring the
play "After Dark" at the Boucicault
sale. I traveled with It In the East and
made a success of It. And "After
Dark" brought out Jamea J. Corbett.
the pugilist, as I shall point out later
on.
I had made money In the theater
business and was very ambitious. But
the advent of Corbett deflected me for
the time being into the field of pugil
ism. And while I did not abandon my
theatrical enterprises on the contrary,
I was producing plays right along
while I waa managing Corbett I can
now see that if I had never touched
pugilism but had concentrated on my
theater work. I would probably have
been much further along in that line
than I am today.
Pwglllatle Vratsrt Hart Illai.
Unfortunately. I went In for pugilism
at a formative period of my career. Be
fore I hud bud time to lay h solid foun
dation for my reputation as a producer
of plays, I became identified with the
MEN FOR
GRAFT 11
Move Started to Get Pacific
Branch of United States
Power Boat Squadron.
EDUCATION IS MAIN IDEA
Members Would Have to Pass Rigid
Examination Before Being; Allowed
to Fly Ensign. Signifying Mas
tery of Navigation Rules.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. (Special.)
A movement to establish a Pacific
Coast branch ot the United States
Powerboat Squadron, which has taken
such a firm hold in the East, has been
I started by the Pacific Motorboat Club.
at Belvedere. The principal Ideas of
the squadron Is to educate the motor
boat owners In essential subjects of
seamanship and navigation.
Members who have successfullv
passed the examinations which in some
instances are held under the Interna
tional Revenue department, and 1th
an average of SO per cent, are per
mitted to fly the ensign which signi
fies a mastery of the rules of the road,
and other things the motorboat owner
should know.
The Eastern const is already divided
Into several divisions and each nas
compiled a rigorous set of questions
for their examinations. The movement
on the coast has been started by the
regatta committee of the Pacific ilo
torboat Club, consisting of C. Willard
Evans and E. H. Belcher, with the ao
proval of the board of directors, pre
sided over by Commodore F. W. Kelley.
A letter was. received from the Bos
ton Yacht Club yesterday, which start
ed the movement in the Kimt. and
which now has over SOU members quali
fied to navigate all over the Eastern
coast, gives an Idea of the examina
tions which may be expected to be
strictly followed on the coast.
In the preliminary questions the ap
plicant must state whut his interests
are in motorboating, what experience
he-has had. and facts relative to his
siirht. The rules of the road and sig
nals must be understood, special whis
tles for bridge opening, police, etc..
navigating In fog and thick weather,
lights carried by the various vessels,
boxing the compass and a thorouieh
compuss examination with variation
and deviation, local attraction, etc, a
thorough understanding of charts, dead
reckoning, buoys, helm, lead line, log
and equipment, and laying out courses.
In fact, so complete a course Is laid
out for the mnrtne enthusiast that It
Is more than probable that not more
than 1 per cent of the local owners
could navigate through the sheets and
tret 10 per cent.
WHITMAN T.It REAriKAKS
Newton Barrett. Crack Two-Mllor, to
Try for Track Team.
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
Wash.. April 4. Whitman track hopes
were brightened this week when New
ton Barrett, last year's crack two-inller.
reported to Coach Hahn for his first
workout this year and announced his
intention of trying out for the team.
Barrett showed up well In the Whitman
meets lust year, and it was with regret
that students learned of his intention
to stay out of athletics this seat-on on
account or his heavy course at the con
servatory besides his regular college
work.
Coach Hahn has received notice that
he has been appointed starter for the
Columbia University Indoor meet to be
held In Portland April IS. He has con
sented to take the position and is
counting on taking McKay and Hoover,
two of his best track men. with him
io enter in the meet.
A meeting of the associated students
will be held Monday to raise a fund
to send these men with Coach Hahn.
In case favorable action is taken the
coach will enter McKay In the mile and
nan-mile runs and Hoover In the high
nuraies and the 220-yard dash.
prize ring and this fact was reflected
in the box offices at the theaters which
I managed. Please remember it is not
the sporting public, but the general
public which consists largely of wo
men and children, who are the patrons
of the playhouse.
Sporting people would go to any
event that Brady might manage and
the money would flow in. But there
was always danger of the name Brady
keeping the women and children away
from the theater. And the theater
was a much bigger proposition than
the prize ring! Undiscrlminating per
sons, either having no knowledge of
my past as a manager or not stopping
to consider it, didn't see how it was
possible for a man who was interested
in sports to know anything about the
drama or the stage, and a good many
of them, forgetting that I had trained
under some of the best masters of the
drama 'that the world has produced
thought I could be nothing but coarse
in my tastes and pernicious in my in
fluence. About the time that I started out
with "After Dark" Corbett had electri
fied the sporting world. An amateur,
known only in San Francisco, he did
some brilliant work that brought him
into National prominence. He had
been a clerk i" the Bank of Nevada
and a member of the Olympic club of
San Francisco, of which he finally be
came boxing instructor. He had met
many obscure boxers, local celebrities,
and the like, and his experience With
these had opened his eyes.
Corbett was an observing, a pro
gressive man. He saw the weak spots
of the old-fashioned methods which
the world, because of their antiquity,
had accepted without question. He
realized that pugilists are not Inven
tive, that they are kangaroo headed
and sheeplike, that a bit of so-called
"ring wisdom" might be handed down
for generations without change. Any
question of accepted ring tactics was
regarded as the rankest heresy.
Corbett Was Very Resesureef en.
But Corbett was an Iconoclast.
Whenever he saw an error Jte went
about correcting It in his own way.
Furthermore, he realized that a man
trained In the old school would be
more or less confused by any depar
ture on the part of his opponent- So
Corbett not only mastered the old meth
olda. learned the old ring secrets, but
Invented methods of his own which the
other fellow didn't know anything
about- Furthermore, he waa capable
of changing his play, so to speak, with
every new event.
(Next week: How W. A. Brady
matched James J. Corbett and John L.
Sullivan).
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